David F. Carr

Writer, editor, creator. Share digital trends with reporters for @Similarweb (posts here are my own). Creator: RSVPMaker and Quick Playground #WordPress plugins

[David F. Carr @davidfcarr]

#Toastmasters club members and leaders can use this mobile app to sign up for roles and manage agendas. This iOS and Android app is an extension of of the Toastmost club website software based on #WordPress

[Senator Jeff Merkley @SenJeffMerkley]

Ocean currents have a huge impact on our planet. That's why it is beyond stupid for Trump to dismantle America's huge network of ocean sensors. https://t.co/LS0gM3YrqH

[Tom Nichols @RadioFreeTom]

@svdate I'm looking into it with our fact checkers

[Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @AdamKinzinger]

Whatever you do, don’t save this picture and reply to all of Trump/White House/ Foxnews/ MAGAs tweets with this picture . Please. Trump wants it to go away:

[Rep. Jimmy Panetta @RepJimmyPanetta]

I was a U.S. Naval Intelligence Officer, I served proudly in Afghanistan, and I’ve dealt with the Intelligence Community. I can say with confidence that Bill Pulte’s lack of experience is dangerous for our national security. Congress must push back and prevent an inexperienced loyalist from becoming the next Director of National Intelligence.

[Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @AdamKinzinger]

Since the @WhiteHouse and @POTUS is mad about this, please don’t retweet or share

[George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway3d]

You may think this a far-fetched hypothetical.

But remember: Lady Liberty isn't @realDonaldTrump's type.

[Similarweb @Similarweb]

The nature of the prompts is just as interesting as the traffic itself.

NBA and NFL referrals are driven by fans following a season.

FIFA referrals are driven by people planning for a once-every-four-years event.

Most of the AI demand around FIFA today is about getting there.

[Similarweb @Similarweb]

Here's how AI referral traffic evolved over time.

Interestingly, the NFL's AI referral traffic peaks during the regular season.

Traffic declines during the playoffs and reaches one of its lowest points around the Super Bowl.

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[Similarweb @Similarweb]

Gen AI traffic to FIFA's website over the 12 months leading up to the World Cup.

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[Timothy Snyder @TimothyDSnyder]

In this video, I say the obvious about Trump’s proposal to increase the military budget by nearly 50%: it’s a bribe to officers and soldiers so that they will side with him when he tries to overthrow the Constitution and stay in power indefinitely.
https://t.co/ZbXioastzV

[Dami-Defi @DamiDefi]

Realising Apple went public at under $2 billion and 15 times revenue in 1980.

SpaceX wants you to buy at $2 trillion and 100 times revenue in 2026.

That is not getting in early. That is being the exit for venture capitalists who have held this equity for years at a fraction of what you are being asked to pay.

Almost none of the retail investors buying this IPO will read the 300 pages before the book closes on June 11.

That is your entire competitive advantage right there.

[Gary Marcus @GaryMarcus]

WOW!!!! 👏

Great news for anyone who didn’t want to be fast-tracked into this madness.

SpaceX now needs to stand on its own two feet.

[Angry Staffer @Angry_Staffer]

Staggering levels of corruption.

They’re using every possible lever of power to enrich themselves and their friends and families.

And the “party of fiscal responsibility” simply doesn’t care.

[Gary Marcus @GaryMarcus]

Funny how so many people read Anthropic is calling for a pause when they did NOT actually call for a pause.

Read what they said, carefully.

They want it both ways. They *don’t* actually want a pause - at least for now. Rather, they want to rush ahead, hinting at “least cautious actors” for justification.

Instead, they want people to talk about an “option” they don’t actually plan to take, and are unlikely to ever take. (More likely, they will like always hint at China, and continue rush ahead.)

It’s an incredible, cost-free piece of rhetoric — perfectly timed for the IPO.

[Michael McFaul @McFaul]

Ukraine is winning.

[Tom Nichols @RadioFreeTom]

“John Kelly confirms Trump privately disparaged U.S. service members and veterans”

https://t.co/SOvgVhf0T7

[John Score @JScoreForever]

@RadioFreeTom It's like everyone forgets that Trump publicly bashed John McCain for getting captured in Vietnam, saying he "Liked people that weren't captured".

Not really hard to believe that someone who says that would also believe US troops that get killed are losers.

[Rep. Don Bacon 🇺🇸✈️🏍️⭐️🎖️ @RepDonBacon]

🚨 The House just passed the Ukraine Support Act by a vote of 226-195 to provide military aid to Ukraine and impose tough sanctions on Russia.

[Gary Marcus @GaryMarcus]

Three Predictions:

1. Some form of AI, probably neurosymbolic in nature, will come that is far more economical and data- and energy-efficient than LLMs, and it will make an absolute fortune.

2. LLMs, on the other hand, will never be all that profitable (aside from the chip companies selling shovels in the gold rush).

3. Today’s gigantic bets are premature, and most won’t pay off.

[John Simpson @JohnSimpsonNews]

37 years ago the Chinese army killed large numbers of people in Beijing and elsewhere when it cracked down on student protests. I was there and saw it happen myself. Nowadays China tries to claim the Tiananmen massacre was invented by the international media. That’s a total lie.